The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-08-12
MATTERS IN OGDEN
The Stephens Harris Unpleasant
ness---The Chinese Gamblers.
THAT UsPaoYoKED ASSAULT.

/ THAT UEPRoYoKED ASSAULT. tr1f 4
The Stephens-Harris ARRAY. which
took place in . certain business house
on the morning Of the 10th inst, and of
which our readers have already been
informed, developed into trial before
Justice Dee, yesterday morning. n.
Tanner, Jr., conducted the case for the
prosecution. Mr.. Stephens entered 8
plea of not guilty. whereupon Henry
Lee Harris, the prosecuting witness,
was sworn and examined. The gist OF
his evidence went to show that Major
Stephens came into the shop of A. g.
Harris, on the day in question, and
without any proVocation whatever COM
menced pugilistic onslaught upon the
person of witness. BE stated that he
was knocked down and bruised con.
siderably. The courts attention was
called to the results of this rather
abrupt treatment as indicated over and
under witnesses eyes. With the testi-
mony OF Harris the prosecution rested.
The defendant had no sworn testimony
to produce. by way Of rebuttal or other.
wise, but he grsyely remarked, how
ever. that the young man richly de-
served all the punishment he had re-
ceived. q - --.s---A A47: gTE
The Court found the defendant guilty.
as charged in the complaint, and i'm
posed q fine Of SIS, which, we under
stand will be paid. a.F.lf
THE, CELESTIAL "rAN"- pLAYERs.
Lung Chung. Chinese merchant of
lower Fifth Street, having been arrested
by the police for gambling, appeared
before Judge Dee yesterday morning.
n. Tanner, Jr., conducted the prosecu-
ton, and Lawyer James II. Kimbsll
represe ted the defendant. The police
testified that on the night of August
9Th, they had seen the defendant in
company with quite q number of his
kindred, playing s'Tan" Ia Chinese
game of chance) for money. The de-
PENDANT denied the charge in toto. and
his statementswss eorrobofatsd by two
other Cinnamon. ] 3 Thee decision Of the
Court lis evidence however that the !
testimony of the sofi1cers had more
weight than did that the Celestials,
as Lung Chung was found guilty. II
Is understood that an appeal will be
taken. 1Ji % 81 -tcz
A GIVE-AHAY.
Nearly a score of arrests have been
made recently of Cinnamon, charged
with gambling, one of whom proved to
be rather unsophisticated in the matter
of law and evidence, or 70 say the least
of 1t, his memory was bad, otherwise he
would not have given himself away"
as the police say he did. When testify
ing in his own behalf, this willy China
man stated that he had never gambIed
in, nor even been in the room in which
1t was alleged that the game of "tan"
was carried on but he subsequently cast
doubt upon his evidence by claiming
ring which one of the officers picked up
in said room, saying that be lost the
ring under the table at the time the
officers entered the door. st,s
The officers think that the Celestials
don't understand facts as they exist. or
they handle the truth very reoklessly.
BRIEFS.
THE WEATHER is extremely suItry.
WEATHER PROPHETS predict that we
will have rain shortly,
LAKE PARK and Syracuse excursions
are the order of the day.
THE CASE of the United States against |
Frank Greenwich came up again yester-
day before United States Commissioner |
L. r. Rogers and was continued until |
next Tuesday for want of essential wit |
nesses.
An OLD lady, by the name of Miller,
was picked up near the City Hall yester-
day, by Marshal Ballantyne, and con-
veyed to more comfortable quarters.
She came, short time ago, from the
State of New York, and since her advent |
in this city. she has established repu-
tstion for the love of Bacchus.